All of our alpine hikes afford fantastic views of the Kennecott Valley.
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Moss campion is an amazing alpine plant that can live more than 300 years.
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The wildflowers can be spectacular in the high alpine.
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The Erie Mine, perched high above the Root Glacier, will give
you fantastic views of the Stairway Icefall.
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Our Castle Mountain hike takes you to the base of this
magnificent limestone massif.
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The sun is a little sweeter in the high alpine of Alaska.
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Our guides will explain the history behind the wonderfully
dilapidated Jumbo bunkhouse.
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High fives at the base of Castle Rock and the leaning bunkhouse of Jumbo.
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If you catch the season, bountiful Alaskan wild berries can be found.
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Fantastic “aerial” views of the Stairway Icefall can be had from Bonanza
Ridge. Over a mile high, it is one of the tallest icefalls in the world.
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Most hikes see, or sometimes cross, rock glaciers. Just as a glacier
is mostly ice with a little bit of rock; rock glaciers are mostly rock,
with ice cementing the rocks together, and flow similarly to ice glaciers.
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Fall colors come into the tundra around mid-August.
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